Music at Johns Hopkins University

If you plan to study music, take a look at what Johns Hopkins University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 28,890. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students received a bachelor's degree in music from Johns Hopkins.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Music section at the bottom of this page.

Johns Hopkins Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music
• Doctorate Degree in Music

Johns Hopkins Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music progam at Johns Hopkins compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at Johns Hopkins is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Music Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Music Graduate Certificate Schools	61
	496
	522

In 2021, 92 students received their master’s degree in music from Johns Hopkins. This makes it the #10 most popular school for music master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Music Graduates from Johns Hopkins Make?

The median salary of music students who receive their bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins is $13,282. This is less than $24,982, which is the national average of all music majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Music Student Demographics at Johns Hopkins

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the music majors at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Johns Hopkins since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	21
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Johns Hopkins Music Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 92 students earned a master's degree in music from Johns Hopkins. About 57% of these graduates were women and the other 43% were men.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master's in music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	32
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Johns Hopkins also has a doctoral program available in music. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Film, Video & Photographic Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Johns Hopkins University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,850	$74,160
Sound Engineering Technicians	280	$51,670
Music Directors and Composers	120	$58,570

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lester Spence under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.